mouse problem

[su2674raj]

i have windows 2000 as the operating system.my mouse is not working properly.it appears sometimes and sometimes it dissappears.sometimes it moves automatically and goes on clicking on its own.it some times closes my opened program.i have ran a norton antivirus which i have updated last week.it has not detected a virus.when the mouse dissappears and i goes into my bios setting and when i disable the mouse and enable it ,it reappears again.how to solve this prob...

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SURAJ

[mjc]

I would say that it is either in need of a very good cleaning or time to replace it...I have encountered several with the problems you describe and most often it turns out to be a broken wire in the mouse cable, most likely at the point it enters the mouse body.

In cordless mice, low battries can cause some of the same problems......

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[Vic 970]

I get same problem with my gateway puter at work, (w98) one time I got a message saying 'mouse not installed' I just re-boot 3 or 4 times & problem dissapears, happens about every 7 or 8 weeks.

sorry I've no answer ! does it happen frequently ?

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[Jacko]

For some reason, gateway PCs seem to get this problem quite often! If you change the mouse over with another one - both mice will work... But put the original one back

(which works on the other C) and it would refuse to work! I would say this has happened about 6 or 7 times (we have a suite of Gateway PCs!)

In answer to the original question, Try a mouse you know works before you purchase a new one! Borrow a friends or one from work! It could also be the port on the back of the system or a similer problem to the one I had!

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